The health group will be performing 67 free surgeries in honor of the former statesman.

Speaking on POWER Lunch, Deputy CEO of the Health Group Dr Dumani Kula says the concept will primarily cater for people who don’t have private health care.

He says they have already started with the process that the procedures will be spread out for the next four months.

“We’ve got two hospitals in Soweto, one in Vosloorus and another one in Sebokeng. We have another big facility in Johannesburg CBD. We are accommodating about 400 of the so called [Life] Esidimeni patients who were transferred from NGO’s last year following the crisis.”

The surgeries, which will commence from next week, until Novermber, will focus on the following.